More than 400,000 UK homes left without any support in lowering energy bills

The UK Government’s plans to reduce the green energy levies will actually leave more than 400,000 British homes without any financial support for installing energy efficiency measures, a brand new media report on the matter can reveal.

Simplified energy bills are still too confusing for home owners, consumer group claims

Despite Ofgem’s claims that the new energy bills should be much easier to understand and could play a significant part in helping consumers save money by switching suppliers, they’re still too confusing for most people, a survey carried out by consumer group Which? Has recently revealed.

UK Green Building Council urges the Government to act on soaring energy bills

The UK Green Building Council has publicly urged the Government to step in and take some immediate measures in order to help drive down the ever-rising energy bills and keep the least well off British home owners out of poverty.

QR barcodes set to become mandatory feature on energy bills, government claims

The UK government will force energy suppliers to print Quick Response (QR) codes on their energy bills, in an attempt to help people switch supplier more easily, a news report in the central media has just revealed.

DECC awards first £19.5m in Green Deal funding for community projects

As part of his speech to the Ecobuild 2014 conference, Secretary of State Edward Davey has mentioned that six projects have been awarded £19.5 million in total as part of the Green Deal Communities scheme.

Over 19 percent of customers have been incorrectly billed by energy suppliers, research reveals

Almost two in 10 home owners (or 19%) have been incorrectly billed by their energy supplier over the past two years, research carried out by online comparison service uSwitch has just revealed.

Average UK household energy spending tops 106 pounds

Energy-related costs for the average UK households rose from £69 a month in 2002 to £106 in 2012 despite a 17% drop in energy usage, the latest figures released by the ONS have revealed

Suppliers are actually owned far more in unpaid debts, Energy UK claims

Following last week’s appeal by Ofgem to energy suppliers, who’s asking them to return over £400m in credit to former customers, Energy UK, the body representing UK’s energy companies, hit ba

Ofgem asks energy suppliers to return up to 400m pounds from closed accounts

Ofgem, the energy market regulator, is calling on large suppliers to make sure money is returned to their former customers after their in-depth analysis revealed that these companies hold more than £400m in credit from closed accounts.